0.3 My oer portfolio

The module“ Tagging, Rating, and Reviewing OER Materials ”showed how you can begin contributing to OER Commons by using tags as well as rating and reviewing materials. This module,“My OER Portfolio,”explains how the OER Portfolio can maximize your experience in using OER Commons.

What is my oer portfolio?

When you register for a free account at OER Commons, a portfolio and profile is automatically created. Every time you save a search, add tags, ratings, reviews, comments, or submit your own instructional materials to OER Commons, these items are stored in your portfolio. You can quickly access all these items by clicking on the My OER Portfolio link located on the top of any OER Commons page.

Having a portfolio and profile in OER Commons can stimulate collaboration among educators and learners within and across disciplines.

The advantages to using your portfolio is that it:

• personalizes your OER Commons experience
• provides quick access to your most important OER materials
• manages all your OER Commons items in one place
• provides a history of your OER Commons activity
• makes it possible to share your OER items with others

Activity: adding an oer saved search to your portfolio

• Go to OER Commons . You must be logged in to do this activity.
• Locate any OER item by searching with a keyword or clicking on a tag.
• On the results page, click the“Save This Search”button.
• This search is now saved in your portfolio.
• Go to your portfolio to view your saved search.

Activity: saving an oer item in your portfolio

• Go to OER Commons . You must be logged in to do this activity.
• Locate any OER item by searching with a keyword or clicking on a tag.
• The results page appears with a listing of materials. Click on a title.
• Under the title click the link“Save Item.”
• The item is now saved in your portfolio.
• Go to your portfolio to view the saved item.

Activity: saving tags, ratings, and reviews to your portfolio

Go to the module Tagging, Rating, and Reviewing OER Materials to learn how to create tags, ratings, and reviews, which are automatically saved to your portfolio as they are created.

Activity: saving notes to your portfolio

• Go to OER Commons . You must be logged in to do this activity.
• Locate any OER item by searching with a keyword or clicking on a tag.
• The results page appears with a listing of materials. Click on a title.
• Under the title click the link“My Notes.”
• Create a note in the notes field, then click the“Save”button.
• The note is now saved in your portfolio.
• Go to your portfolio to view the saved note.

Searching your portfolio

You can search for items that exist only in your portfolio. You must be inside your portfolio to access this search feature.

Navigating within your portfolio

You can quickly jump to different items in your portfolio by using the navigation located in your portfolio on the left side of your screen. See Figure 1 for a visual representation of the portfolio navigation.